The Colorado Democrat hosted a screening of the documentary &ldquo;Dive!&rdquo; at the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday night. The award-winning film follows a filmmaker/Dumpster-diver as he studies how much food Americans waste.

Polis tells HOH that he plans to dive into the food waste issue legislatively in the next Congress. But he&rsquo;s also taking a less metaphoric plunge. As part of his research, in January he&rsquo;ll take his staff Dumpster-diving, which essentially involves digging through trash bins behind grocery stores looking for thrown-out food that&rsquo;s still edible.

&ldquo;It will be cold, but that will mean the food is well-preserved,&rdquo; Polis jokes.

&ldquo;She&rsquo;s very excited. She really begged to see the movie today,&rdquo; Polis says.

Congressional spouse Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), sat with Reis during the screening. She spoke afterward in her capacity as director of public affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, alongside former Rep. Dan Glickman (D-Kan.).

Glickman noted that his credentials as a former secretary of Agriculture and ex-head of the Motion Picture Association of America qualified him to speak on both the subject of the film and its creative merit.

&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a very good documentary,&rdquo; Glickman says.